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Registered by Australia Pcsi. Pub! i. cat ion Mo. VBH 0488 VMC NEWSLETTER is published for the information of members of the VICTORIAN MARATHON CLUB MELBOURNE INC. and is part of the Annual Membership Fee. It is issued quarterly: AUTUMN (March), WINTER (June), SPRING (September), SUMMER (December). ALL RUNNERS are invited to contribute letters, results, photos, comments, criti­ cisms, etc. to the EDITOR, 1 Golding Street, CANTERBURY 3126, Victoria. PLEASE NOTE that material submitted for publication is preferred to be typed single-spaced and not exceeding 1.5 pages of A4 sheets, ideally less than 1 page. Articles MUST BE accompanied by name and address of the contributor, together with his or her signature. The Author of such article shall retain full responsibility for its contents. DEADLINE FOR COPY is the 1st day of the month preceding the month of publication. Earlier copy is preferred to ease pressure on editing and printing schedules.

INTERSTATE LINES OF (XM1UNICATIONS. Tu,We,Th 12-2pm VICTORIAN MARATHON CLUB MELBOURNE INC. 598 High St E.KEW 3102 (03) 817-1033 AA: Neil KING, P.O.Box 254, MOONEE PONDS 3039 (03) 370-7555 NSW AA: Alan BATCHELOR, P.O.Box N101, Grosvenor St, SYDNEY 2001 (02) 241-3538 VAA: Greg MASON, Olympic Park West, Swan St, MELBOURNE 3002 (03)428 8195/8049 QAA: Reg BRANDIS, QE2 Stadium, Kessels Rd, NATHAN 4111 (07) 343-5653 AA-SA: Kath EDWARDS, P.O.Box 57, KENSINGTON PARK 5068 (08) 332-8022 AA-WA: Bruce STRICKLAND, P.O.Box 208, WEMBLEY 6014 (09) 387-5599 AAA-TAS: Noel RUDDOCK, 10 Reynolds Court, DYNNRYNE 7005 (002) 23-1976 ACT AA: Bill BAILEY, P.O.Box 351, BELCONNEN 2616 (062) 47-4171 H NT AA: Rick RALPH, P.O.Box 41710, CASUARINA N.T. 5792 (089) 85-3260 VIC VETS: Peter COLTHUP, 14 Bakers Rd, N. DANDENONG 3175 (03) 795-1169 SYDNEY STRIDERS: Phil CALDWELL, P.O.Box 300,THORNLEIGH 2120 (02) 427 6350 Q ’ld MAR & RR CLUB: Andrew SEMPLE,P.O.Box 192, EVERTON PARK 4053 SA RRC: MARILYN DAVIS, 1 Sturt St, G.P.O.Box 591, ADELAIDE 5001 (08) 212-6115 WA MAR CLUB: Jackie BAXENDINE, P.O.Box 660, S.PERTH 6151 (09) 450-4011 ACT CC CLUB: Dave CUNDY, G.P.O.Box 252, 2601 (062) 31-8422 H A.I.S.: P.O.Box 176, BELCONNEN 2616 (062) 52-1111

VICTORIAN VENUES Melway Ref. Map

OLYMPIC PARK: Swan St & Batman Av, Trams Princes Bridge, Trains Richmond 44 B 11 TWO BRIDGES: Alexandra Av, opp. Botanic Gardens, near Morell Bridge 44 B 12 ALBERT PARK: Robinson Hall (Walkers) rear Basketball Stad., facing lake 57 J 3 PRINCES PARK: Walker St. Pavilion, near Carlton FG, Royal Pde, trams pass 29 G 12 BURNLEY BOULEVARD: K.Bartlett Res.,rear Burnley Hort.Coll.,Swan St.R’MOND 45 B 12 RED HILL: K & Q o.t.M, Tennis Club, Arthurs Seat-Red Hill-Point Leo Rd 190 J 4 FISHERMENS BEND COM. YOUTH CENTRE: Opp. Bus Terminus & Shops,GARDEN CITY 56 H 2 DOMAIN: Birdwood Av, rear Shrine of Remembrance, 1.5km up St.Kilda Rd 43 K 12 LATROBE UNIV: Car Park 6, off Ring Road, 500m east Waterdale Rd entrance 19 H 7 WESTERPOLDS PARK:Porter St,T’STOWE 33 El/2 \\\ BUNDOORA PARK:Plenty Road 19 F 4 BRIMBANK PARK:South of Keilor Park, enter from Calder H ’way/Cemetery Rd 15 B 8 DEVIL BEND RESERVOIR: Graydens Rd, MOOROODUC 152 J 3 COBURG TRACK: Outlook Rd,off Murray Rd, rear Basketball Stadium 18 A 10 COLLINGWOOD TR:Heidelberg Rd,CLIFTON HILL; Crosscountry Course opposite 30 G 12 DONCASTER TR:George St.33 J 11 \\\\ BOX HILL TR: Elgar Rd/Barwon St 47 C 7 CROYDON TR:Norton Rd 50 K 4 \\\\ NUNAWADING TR:Burwood H ’way,E.B’WOOD 62 B 7 MURRUMBEENA TRACK:North & M ’beena Rds 68 K 9 \\\ MENTONE TRACK: Second St 87 B 7 FRANKSTON TR:Ballam Park 103 B 4 \\\\ SANDRINGHAM TR:Thomas St,HAMPTON 76 K 6 SPRINGVALE TR:Ross Res.NOBLE PARK 80 E 12 \\\ KNOX TR:Rushdale St.SCORESBY 73 D 7 ABERFELDIE TR:Corio St.ESSSENDON 28 D 6 \\\ MELB.UNIV.TR: Top of 75A/ 2B D5/ 43 G3

This page is a SPECIAL SERVICE to all runners to facilitate their contacting other athletic organisations at home and interstate. All interstate addresses receive VMC NEWSLETTERS and are invited to let us have full information on their events so that we can keep our members and other runners informed in turn for their benefit. PRE-RACE ENTRY FORMS: Your attention is drawn to the FRE-RACB ENTRY FORM as below, to be used for races on our fixture list which specifically ask for entries to be sent prior to race day and when SPECIAL RACE ENTRY FORMS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

SPECIAL RACE ENTRY FORMS operate when we have obtained sponsorship for the race.

Other races can be entered on the day at least 45 minutes prior to advertised start time. This applies also to minor events.

To assist our office efficiency, YOU ARE REQUESTED to fill out entry and membership forms as instructed, use clear BLOCK LETTERS, send A STAMPED SELF ADDRESSED ENVELOPE (size 235 X 120mm) when asked for or if you require a reply.

NO SSAE - NO REPLY !

VICTORIAN MARATHON CTIIB MELBOURNE INC. - MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL NOTICE

VMC MEMBERSHIP FEES 1991 BECOME DUE ON JANUARY 1ST - $15 Seniors, $8 under 20.

To Renew Your Membership and maintain advantages of continuous membership, follow the instructions on page 24, complete the form on page 23. and return to the VMC. Remember to fill in the 4 self-stik labels with your CALL NAME (BILL, JACK, TONY), Surname, Address and POST CODE and return them WITH your new membership form AND membership fee so that you will receive your quarterly 1991 VMC Newsletters.

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-----cut h e r e ------cut h e r e ------cut h e r e ------MAIL RACE ENTRY PORM-VICTORIAN MARATHON CfJIB MELBOURNE TNG. 598 High St. E.KEW 3102. ONLY for Races showing CLOSING DATES on VMC Fixture List! Use BLOCK LETTERS Please ! Please enter me for (name of event) ...... on Date.../.../.... SURNAME ...... INITIALS ... CALLNAME ...... ADDRESS ...... POST CODE ...... PHONE (Home) ...... (Work) ...... BEST TIME (last 3 years, nearest dist.) ...... DATE OF SAME ..../__ / .... PLACE WHERE HELD ...... NAME OF RACE ...... DATE OF BIRTH ... /.../ .... MALE / FEMALE (cross out inapplicable) CORRECT AMOUNT ENCLOSED $ ... SIGNATURE OF ENTRANT ...... D A T E __ /___ / .... NOW TURN OVER AND SIGN DECLARATION AT BACK after checking correctness of above form. To keep routine tasks at a minimum, you must send a STAMPED SELF ADDRESSED ENVELOPE (235mm x 120mn) with your Race Entry. Make Cheque or Money Order payable to VMC. NOTE: Any additional copies of this Entry Form must also carry the declaration on the reverse side, or cannot be accepted. DECLARATION. 1. I, the undersigned, in consideration of and as condition of acceptance of my entry in the VICTORIAN MARATHON CLUB MELBOURNE INC event named on this Entry Form, for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators hereby waive all and.any claim, right or cause of action which I or they might otherwise have for or arising out of loss of my life or injury damage or loss of any description whatsoever which I may suffer or sustain in the course of or consequent upon my entry or participation in the said event. 2. This waiver, release and discharge shall be and operate separately in favour of all persons, corporations and bodies involved and otherwise engaged in promoting or Staging the event and the servants, agents, representatives and officers of any of them, and includes but is not limited to Commonwealth and State Departments and Instrumentalities, medical and paramedical practitioners and personnel, and shall so operate whether or not the loss, injury or damage is attributable to the act or neglect of any or more of them. 3. I have read the rules and conditions of the event as stated in the declaration above and upon literature and other material distributed in connection with the event and agree to abide by them. SIGNED ...... DATE ...... * I certify that I am the parent/guardian of ...... and that he/she has my consent to participate in this event. SIGNED...... DATE ...... (* Complete if applicable) THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGING Commencing with the New Year 1991, the VMC will be bringing in a num­ ber of changes which have been taking shape during the last 12 months. It is a fact of life that attitudes and expectations of our members and runners in general are different from the 70's and 80’s, when we also had to make changes to leave behind practices of the 50* s and 60’s. This is in line with major restructuring in all walks of life throughout the community that has been forced onto the diehards resisting the changes.

We will revamp positions in administration, methods in our work, look to better coordination of events, improved cooperation between bodies specialising in servicing distance running as a healthy pursuit for all and a better deal for the non-elite participants without prejudice to elite performers.

In this issue of our VMC Newsletter you will find several critical articles which throw light on the present highly unsatisfactory state in which Australian athletics finds itself and for which, to a greater or lesser extent, we all carry some blame, in that we have allowed it to go on for so long. It is only if we take an intelligent and active part in the debate and are prepared to put some of our workable ideas into prac­ tice that anything will move in the direction we want.

I would also like to draw your attention to the Editorial of MODERN ATHLETE AND COACH (reprinted on page 10) which has a direct bearing on our relationship with sponsors. Sponsorship, private and institutional, has become very important to us as a source of funds for the well-being and development of our sport. Conversely, sport when well conducted is very important to the sponsor as a publicity medium and we need to ser­ vice it accordingly.

The point that has to be made is that of the two "partners" in the venture of presenting sport one has the expertise in public­ ity/advertising to contribute and the other has the expertise for having the athletes performing at or near their best. Particularly in endurance events we cannot deliver the "goods” like turning on a tap, proper peri- odisation is vital for athletes to reach the ultimate heights they are capable of. Both "partners" must respect each other’s expertise and work closely together for maximum value to both sides.

It is when third, fourth and even fifth parties want to "get in on the act", such as pirating personnel, venues or dates; act as middlemen with chonky deals; management making unreal demands in time, money and effort on voluntary sports officials and helpers; that relationships between all parties concerned go sour. In the end both sides suffer, but it is our sport that is hit the most. Goodwill needs to exist in sport in the first place !

xxx XXX xxx xxx xxx CONTENTS 2.Communications / Venues 13 .A.I.S. Distance Running Update 2A Membership Reminder / Race Entry 14 .Athletics in Crisis 2B Race Entry Declaration 15 .Crying in the Wilderness 4.Other Peoples9 Fixtures 16 dto. 5.Runners World 32k Beach Road Run 17 .PICS Q o t Lake & Beach Road Run 6. dto. 18.Di stance Log (day/week/month/year) 7. dto. 19.6 Hour Track Race Report 8.The Magic of Encouragement 20 .Training Notes / Book Review 9. dto. 21.Book Review / 6 Hour Track Results 10. TB 12k & 4k/Coinpetition Problems 22 .What Do You Make Of It ? 11.PICS Marathon 23 .VMC Fixtures 12.Distance Running Commission Notes 24 .Club Information / Membership Form Page 3 V.M.C.NEWSLETTER SUMMER 1990 DECEMBER VOL.22 No.4 OTHER PEOPLE’S FIXTURES - Events of Interest to Members, notified to us. 1990/91 SUMMER FIXTURES AV: DEC 1/8 JAN 12/19/26 FEB 2/9 INTERCLUB various venues DEC 6/15 JAN 10/17/24/31 FEB 7 "A" GRADE, MAR 2/3 ASSOC.FINALS JAN 8 VIC 10,000m CHAMPS M & W OPEN & PB Meet, FEB 16 PB MEET MAR 14 PB MEET, MAR 22-24 VIC OPEN & u20 CHAMPIONSHIPS VRR: 1st SAT. EACH MONTH - 8k & 4k Tan Time Trial 7.30am, Government House Dr. VICTORIAN ROAD RUNNERS:JOHN GROVES 609 3424W-328 4171H/GRAEME HORSKINS 232 7925. 31 VRR NEW YEARS EVE RUN 8km & Champagne Breakfast, Music Bowl 7.30am. CORPORATE CUP DEC 5 - Wed. Lunchtime Around the Tan 4km. & Wednesdays SUNSET SERIES DEC 12 FLEMINGTON RC, JAN 30 ROYAL PARK 6.30pm, 10km. Contact CITY SPORTS for both series on 658 9526 (Michael-Paul-Richard) V.C.C.L. Year-round program around Victoria. Contact BRUCE DUNCAN 583 4764(H). COBURG FUN RUNNERS. Meet for training at Harold Stevens Athletic Track, at Basketball Stadium (Melway 18 A 9/10), Tuesday & Thursday 6.15p»n. Fun runs most Sunday mornings. DEC 2 CHC COBURG Lake to Lake FR 10km, 9am (Enquiries 386 9251).

PENINSULA ROAD RUNNERS. For people living in Momington Peninsula area. Contact Kon Butko 787 1309; Ray & Mark Lewis 789 6109. NATIONAL: GRAND PRIX MEETS - JAN 6/7 HOBART RELAYS - JAN 20 SYDNEY - JAN 26 CANB FEB 2 BRISBANE - FEB 10 PERTH - FEB 15 ADELAIDE - FEB 19 MELBOURNE FEB 22-24 OPEN/u20 CHAMPS SYDNEY JUN 23 ROAD CHAMPS - JUL 21 MARATHON GOLD COAST - AUG 28 CCC CANBERRA INTERNATIONAL: MAR 24 WORLD CCC ANTWERP - APR 21 WORLD MARATHON CUP NEW ZEALAND: JAN 12 GRAND PRIX MEET AUCKLAND - FEB 2 CROSS COUNTRY TRIAL WEL’TON FEB 14-17 NZ T&F CHAMPS DUNEDIN - MAR 2/3 ROBIN TAIT MEET 3000mM 5000mW CH

A.C.T: 1st Sun of month: WOMEN’S 6km JOGALONG, Deek’s Drive Stromlo Forest 9am MAR 10 Austr. 12 hour Track Champ. // APR 7 WOMEN & GIRLS FUN RUN APR 13 Marathon Eve 10km // APR 14 CANBERRA MARATHON & AUST VETS CHAMP MAY 19 AIS-Drug Offensive HALF-MARATHON S.A.: MAR 1-3 S.A. TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS. W.A.: DEC 2 10,000m Track COKER PARK 7.00am. JAN 13 10/5km CHRIST CHURCH GRAMMAR SCHOOL 7.00am. JAN 27 10/5km FRWMANTLE FR, WILSON PK, SOUTH BEACH, S.FREMANTLE 7.00am. MAR 24 DARLINGTON HALF MARATHON & 8km, McGILLIVRAY OVAL, GRAYLANDS, 7.00am.

ATTENTION INTERSTATE READERS ! The VMC Newsletter circulates nationwide and many of our readers travel interstate for holidays and would love to run in new places and meet others. Please let us have dates for visiting runners ! NOTE TO AM. INTENDING COMPETITORS: Most major races require up to 6 weeks pre-entry! Because of the increased costs and time involved to satisfy all participants, it is IN YOUR INTEREST to send all enquiries by mail, plus a Stamped Self Addressed Envelope for a reply, entry form and any other information. Follow the Entry and Race Instructions as requested by organisers for the better functioning of our sport. Obtaining entries and information on intending competitors early enough is one way in which you can help to promote our sport more effectively and encourage sponsors to keep supporting us. YOUR ORGANISERS’ TIME IS BETTER SPENT ON DEVELOPING YOUR SPORT THAN ROUTINE JOBS ! VMC "RUNNERS WORLD” BEACH ROAD CHALLENGE 32.2hm.HRIGHTON.Strong, cold SW wind.414 ST PL. ft/N TIME COMPETITOR ' AGE PL. R/N TIME UUMPElTlUK AGE 001 315 1 52:25 RULE BRYAN IT' 076 473 2 16 46 RASKAS JOHN 43 002 040 1 54:49 BADIC SAFET 30 077 082 2 16 49 STEPHENS MARK 35 003 041 1 55:42 CASTLE JOIN 44 078 437 2 16 50 FRIEDRICKSON JACK 51 004 421 1 57:31 PYWELL SEAN 22 079 031 2 17 02 CLARKE RON 42 005 445 1 57:55 TUCKER MORGAN 29 080 079 2 17 21 HALL JOHN 43 006 229 1 58:03 SHONE PETER 45 081 067 2 17 29 HOPKINS DOUG 31 007 230 1 58:18 HARVEY LEW 41 082 425 2 17 59 DAVIES TREVOR 33 008 269 1 58:27 DEHIGHDEN ANDREW 26 083 091 2 18 09 GREATBATCH TERRY 33 009 337 2 00:33 MINOGUE DES 41 084 419 2 18 15 DALLI ARCHIE 37 010 070 2 00:55 SMITH JEFF 31 085 051 2 18 31 PROSSER TOM 53 Oil 336 2 01:37 WAITE JOHN 49 086 277 2 18 39 FEATHERBY JAMES 35 012 250 2 02:16 NASH IAN 30 087 430 2 18 44 LEVERSHA DAVID 38 013 433 2 02:22 MCNAMARA PAUL 29 088 311 2 18 47 MCCLOSKEYPAUL 42 014 043 2 02:59 INGHAM JIM 44 089 634 2 18 57 STOKES DAVE 38 015 272 2 03:07 SCRIVENER ROGER 39 090 293 2 19 11 RODGERS MARK 29 016 472 2 03:11 O’BRIEN BARRY 38 091 603 2 19 17 O ’BRIEN VIN 62 017 312 2 03:23 HEWITT GRAEME 44 092 443 2 19 21 CASSELL IAN 37 018 061 2 03:40 ANDERSONPETER 38 093 469 2 19 24 HAINING VINCE 35 019 084 2 03:45 BROWN BOB 34 094 454 2 19 42 THOMAS DAVID 31 020 608 2 04:58 WILLIAMS HOWARD 30 095 010 2 19 52 WALSHMIKE 39 021 481 2 05:57 DAVIS COLIN 27 096 440 2 19 58 MACKAYKITTY 26W 022 611 2 06:03 MCINTYRE MIKE 32 097 439 2 19 58 BADMAN PHIL 38 023 216 2 06:36 SYPKES PETER 37 098 201 2 19 58 CREBBINDARRYL 40 024 404 2 07:02 ROWLAND PETER 35 099 L/S 2 20 10 ALDERSON ALLAN 39 025 108 2 07:36 BECK NORM 39 100 110 2 20 21 KELLY DEAN 30 026 254 2 08:20 O ’HEHIR DENNIS 37 101 107 2 20 36 MCCABE TERRY 41 027 619 2 08:26 MATTHEWS IAN 45 102 308 2 20 49 FULLER DAVID 41 028 320 2 08:30 FORBES A 32 103 064 2 20 51 WRIGHT S 41 029 257 2 08:32 DREWS ALAN 36 104 021 2 20 52 TEMPLE BRYAN 41 030 244 2 08:42 MOORE PETE 42 105 613 2 21 02 MARSHALL KELVIN 26 031 106 2 08:44 MAHER JOHN 40 106 9 2 21 08 ?25 032 474 2 09:04 LAWRENCE STEVE 21 107 227 2 21 17 KEENAN GEOFF 40 033 294 2 09:18 O ’DOWD TOM 35 108 409 2 21 28 VANENGELEN TONY 43 034 039 2 09:30 ROACH LAWRIE 46 109 475 2 21 41 DAVIES JASON 21 035 406 2 09:40 CALLISTER GEOFF 48 110 428 2 22 04 EDNEY DAVE 37 036 632 2 09:51 LINDSAY DAVID 42 111029 222 06 ELLIOTT DAVID 41 037 309 2 10:17 LAMBERT STEVE 20 112 242 2 22 07 MACKINTOSH MICHAEL 35 038 231 2 10:33 OORBEN DAVID 33 113 631 2 22 22 SHEEHAN TOM 37 039 416 2 10:42 SCOTT GEOFF 32 114 058 2 22 35 EDWARDS C 28 040 502 2 10:43 BECKETT BILL 46 115 490 2 22 36 BERRINGTON JIM 34 041 642 2 10:50 O ’BRIEN COLIN 43 116 232 2 22 36 DEAN JOHN 45 042 480 2 10:56 FOLEY CHRIS 27 117 453 2 22 46 SMITH JOHN 55 043 310 2 10:59 MARSHALL ROSS 41 118 447 2 22 49 WATSON BARRY 54 044 645 2 11:17 BELLESINI STEVE 39 119 478 2 22 56 VON DIEBITSCH LINDA 27W 045 203 2 11:17 SHADLOW JOHN 39 120 054 2 23 15TEHAN PHIL 37 046 093 2 11:20 HUCKSON JIM 29 121 260 2 23 18 PURCELL DES 38 047 408 2 11:33 HARVEY CHRIS 29 122 623 2 23 20 WILLOOX ANDY 41 048 249 2 11:51 WESTERN GLEN 35 123 220 2 23 29 CHALMERS KEN 38 049 226 2 11:55 BROWN STEPHEN 30 124 283 2 24 05 MAHONY CRAIG 31 050 414 2 11:58 ZGAINSKY TED 39 125 •? 2 24 10 ? ?41 051 048 2 12:01 MILSOME RON 44 126 095 2 24 35 CHABEKKA JERZY 41 052 499 2 12:11 GALE GARRY 34 127 637 2 24 38GLOVER LAURIE 36 053 329 2 12:16 BROWN MAL 49 128646 22445LESBIRREL ERIC 39 054 085 2 12:35 ARNEL TONY 36 129055 224 57DANDNOR ROB 38 055 325 2 12:40 TRAPPANI JOE 36 130 243 2 25 12 MILLIGAN TONY 35 056 270 2 12:44 MORGAN GEORGE 39 131 405 2 25 15GILBERT ALAN 46 057 489 2 12:58 OPYRCHAL JUSTIN 22 132 324 2 25 17 SMITH JOHN 44 058 042 2 13:00 CASSIN BRIAN 45 133 090 2 25 26 BRIMACOMBE JAN 39W 059 060 2 13:04 DONOGHUE JIM 35 134 342 2 25 29 ELLIS-SMITH MARG 51W 060 317 2 13:08 NEWSTADT GARY 37 135 023 2 25 35 TERPENOU DON 28 061 340 2 13:16 DISTILLER J 32 136 080 2 25 41 GRAVER DAVID 43 062 451 2 13:40WRIGHT BERT 35 13708622551STEWART PHIL 42 063 452 2 13:44 CROWDEN PHIL 35 138 290 2 2615 RICKARD NEIL 39 064 607 2 14:07 JAMIESON PAUL 29 139 482 2 26: 07 JONES GREG 36 065 605 2 14:07 DUFFY MARTIN 32 140 314 2 26: 11 HOWELL TERRY 48 066 606 2 14:07 ROBBINS TIM 32 141 035 2 26: 17 DAWES CLIVE 35 067 247 2 14:11 LAWLER KEN 41 142 253 2 26: 20 HENDERSON IAN 40 068 604 2 14:34 CAVANAGH CRAIG 24 143 491 2 26: 39 POLLARD DENNIS 48 069 074 2 15:15 NICHOLS JOHN 43 144 097 2 26: 47 PARKER STUART 27 070 640 2 15:43 LEONARD MARK 30 145 114 2 26:55 KELLYPETER 31 071 296 2 15:43 PESCI SAM 32 146 113 2 26: 55 TIBBITS PETER 31 072 438 2 16:05 MARSHALL STEVE 38 147 273 2 27:01 ANDERSON JOIN 51 073 266 2 16:09 IRVINE BILL 42 148 121 2 27:10 NAUGHTON MICHAEL 27 074 001 2 16:21 JENKINS ALAN 29 149 413 2 27: 18 FENBY KEVIN 39 075 092 2 16:33 PATERSON IAN 39 150 316 2 27: 19BEECH KEVIN 29 V.M.C.NEWSLETTER SUMMER 1990 DECEMBER VOL.22 No.4 BEACH CHALLENGE 32km(cont) PL. R/N TIME COMPETITOR AGE PL. R/N TIME COMPETITOR AGE 151 078 2 27 25 PROVIS LUKE 36 226 612 2:36:49 CUNNINGHAM JOHN 45 152 455 2 27 28 ROBERTSON BRAD 31 227 497 2:36:56 LEE PETER 32 153 465 2 27 42 REID GERALD 31 228 295 2:37:03 ROTH JOHN 35 154 456 2 27 50 GERIMSON LIZ 27W 229 033 2:37:05 HOLDER DANNY 37 155 285 2 27 51 NEARN ROLAND 50 230 427 2:37:13 D ’ROZARIO KEITH 49 156 209 2 27 57 MUNRO KENNETH 59 231 298 2:37:16 NELSON PETER 49 157 111 2 28 22 BROOK BOB 49 232 018 2:37:31 HARRIS TONY 38 158 071 2 28 40 BLANCHFIEL RAY 46 233 339 2:37:39 MOORE KJ 30 159 327 2 28 43 SIMMONS GARY 44 234 495 2:37:44 MERCER CHRIS 26 160 410 2 28 44 KINNANE PAT 40W 235 077 2:37:50 PILLING GLENYS 27W 161 289 2 29 04 NOBLE ALISTAIR 34 236 238 2:38:26 WENZEL DAVID 34 162 9 2 29 12 ? ?40 237 460 2:38:28 SMITH JIM 49 163 463 2 29 12 BARRETT GRANT 39 238 432 2:38:42 FRYDAY ALAN 43 164 233 2 29 24 DAYMAN JOHN 34 239 467 2:38:59 ALLEN RICHARD 26 165 105 2 29 30 PERKINS ROD 38 240 629 2:39:13 VARNEY ROB 45 166 109 2 29 30 MCGINNESS NR 36 241 025 2:39:26 CHAPMAN JOHN 41 167 407 2 29 32 MARR ROD 33 242 214 2:39:59 CROOKS JUDY 35W 168 418 2 29 35 HILTON-BARBER JULIAN 37 243 633 2:40:21 PQSKEY DAVID 43 169 059 2 29 38 JEMMESON SEAN 22 244 264 2:40:27 KENNEDY KARL 24 170 334 2 30 02 WEATHERLAKE JOHN 27 245 056 2:40:28 BINCH WAYNE 30 171 208 2 30 06 JONES DAVID 49 246 262 2:40:37 MOORE DENNIS 35 172 034 2 30 19 RUSSELL RAY 43 247 204 2:40:38 LAZAR LES 54 173 210 2 30 28 JAMISON NORM 32 248 099 2:40:50 BURHOP ROMA 47W 174 251 2 30 35 CHIFFEY DAVID 40 249 044 2:40:51 HIBBINS PETEK 38 175 494 2 30 36 GAMBLE GAVIN 26 250 302 2:40:55 POULTON GARY 35 176 610 2 30 45 SIMPSON LES 50 251 326 2:41:07 GABLY NOEL 35 177 072 2 30 52 BLANCHFIELD NIKKI 18W 252 012 2:41:20 BOWES GLEN 41 178 Oil 2 30 54 ROWE ROB 35 253 328 2:41:26 SUFRA PAT 34 179 630 2 31 05 JARRAD B 28 254 429 2:41:35 SCHNEIDER GEOFF 39 180 471 2 31 16 DAVY HEDLEY 46 255 006 2:41:36 MCINNES JACK 38 181 287 2 31 18 KILBURN STEPHEN 34 256 341 2:41:48 DISTILLER M 28 182 016 2 31 21 HIGGS JOHN 28 257 330 2:42:55 MURPHY GLENDA 37W 183 047 2 31 35 NOONAN BILL 48 258 313 2:43:11 BIRD ANDREW 36 184 488 2 31 40 MOORE ANDREW 20 259 020 2:43:30 BURTON JOHN 35 185 417 2 31 45 CLARKE GERRY 53 260 087 2:43:51 EMONSON ROD 35 186 103 2 32 11 DAVY CONNIE 37 261 411 2:43:53 PHELAN DEAN 25 187 323 2 32 20 JAYNES RE 29 262 212 2:43:57 ANDERSON ROSS 33 188 614 2 32 28 PHUNG ANDREW 28 263 049 2:44:08 NORMAN RON 43 189 027 2 32 32 MONCRIEF SCOT 34 264 281 2:44:12 PORTER NEVILLE 55 190 444 2 32 42 YOUL JOHN 45 265 401 2:44:23 TEMPLAR CRAIG 19 191 644 2 32 46 EVESTON MIKE 41 266 297 2:44:54 FEILD MICK 26 192 116 2 32 48 DEFANIS SAM 42 267 602 2:44:56 MYALL HELEN 47W 193 104 2 32 54 ANDREW ROB 30 268 300 2:45:22 BOTT STEVE 38 194 276 2 33 00 HOUGH KEN 45 269 648 2:45:27 FULLER DAVID 41 195 265 2 33 08ARMSTRONG ANDY 42 270 119 2:45:33 MADDOCKS SR 32 196 234 2 33 10 IZZO JOHN 45 271 403 2:45:49 RITTMAN MARIA 34W 197 005 2 33 13 MORGAN IAN 44 272 213 2:45:53 HEE SUE 34W 198 046 2 33 17 BORG ANTHONY 29 273 053 2:45:53 GODSMAN GRAEME 44 199 278 2 33 18 KELLY RAY 50 274 014 2:46:09 STAGG KELVIN 28 200 615 2 33 27 RAWSON CRAIG 20 275 496 2:46:22 RATCLIFFE JON 28 201 307 2 33 42 STEPHEN GORDON 36 276 647 2:47:06 LUCAS PETER 43 202 017 2 33 42 COCHRANE JOHN 34 277 036 2:47:10 YEOTEK 48 203 321 2 33 44 NUGENT LYN 42W 278 601 2:47:24 BUXTON GREG 28 204 484 2 33 44 BABARCZY JULIA 42W 279 466 2:47:30 OATES JO 38W 205 098 2 33 45 CAMPBELL DAVID 34 280 284 2:47:42 GILLOWRAY 41 206 076 2 33 57 WOOD DAVE 28 281 120 2:48:06 SYMONS GEORGE 42 207 426 2 34 06 SMITH STEPHEN 33 282 616 2:48:06 YOUNG SHIRLEY 60W 208 457 2 34 08 HANSEN COLIN 28 283 487 2:48:15 ROWE HOWARD 50 209 415 2 34 09 CROUCH LAWRIE 50 284 299 2:48:41 LEAF BRYAN 39 210 259 2 34 33 BARRETT OLIVER 40 285 248 2:48:43 MORGAN JAN 28 211 434 2 34 43 FRASER GLENYS 30W 286 221 2:48:46 STYLES KEITH 47 212 202 2 34 50 BARNETTREX 30 287 459 2:49:03 PORTER ALAN 45 213 635 2 35 02 MALE JOHN 38 288 621 2:49:08 SMITH ARNOLD 49 214 627 2 35 04 DUNBAR PETIA 22W 289 256 2:49:10 DYKE ANNE 27W 215 065 2 35 12 WATKINSON BILL 25 290 102 2:49:17 BARKERD 38 216 305 2 35 26 PITKIN DAVID 40 291 050 2:49:20 KELLY MERILYN 43W 217 088 2 35 37 CLAYTON GARETH 48 292 303 2:49:23 MCLAUGHLIN JOHN 49 218 228 2 35 37 MUCHA MICK 31 293 239 2:49:25 HEFFERNAN MICHAEL 55 219 485 2 36 15 FORBES JOIN 41 294 252 2:49:29 MCPHANPETER 42 220 483 2 36 16 SAMMELLS GRAHAM 22 295 625 2:49:44 COLLIN LUKE 29 221 028 2 36 26 GIBBS SIMON 29 296 318 2:49:47 RABINOWITZ BRIAN 43 222 241 2 36 28 ASHMAN PAUL 32 297 628 2:49:53 MERRYLEES JOHN 47 223 288 2 36 31 PRICE BILL 19 298 477 2:50:15 ALLEN LORRAINE 35W 224 402 2 36 35 JENKINS GREG 34 299 045 2:50:28 WINES JUDY 52W 225 498 2 36 46 MCFERRAN GRAHAM 36 300 292 2:50:39 GAMBLE ROHAN 19 PL. R/N TIME COMPETITOR AGE PL. R TIME COMPETITOR 301 219 50 56" EAVES DAVID 25~ 337 UU TT "EEID” 15------35 302 423 51 21 KLIDOMITIS JOHN 39 338 117 01 08 FYKE RON 50 303 436 51 35 DALBON FRANK 33 339 081 01 53 BRAY KEN 51 304 422 51 48 HAM.-RITCHIE DUNCAN 45 340 333 02 13 DITONDO CARLO 39 305 650 51 49 POTOPOULOS ANNE 31W 341 470 02 39 HASLAM JOHN 47 306 331 52 07 HANDBY CHRIS 33 342 100 02 41 CARROLL PAT 51W 307 412 52 15 MOSES KEVIN 27 343 338 02 43 PATTISON JOHN 31 308 118 52 23 HARRIS GL 39 344 258 03 00 PHIBBS GARRY 32 309 024 52 49 LOWI SANDY 24W 345 030 03 43 MCLACHLAN JOHN 34 310 026 53 13 HANSON DAVID 36 346 038 04 25 ROWE DAVID 27 311 267 53 26 GREENHILL NEIL 39 347 479 05 07 GREEN ROBERT 26 312 032 53 29 WILCOCK COLIN 37 348 057 05 07 PARKER RB 41 313 442 53 36 KASA STEVE 37 349 115 05 36 MCFARLANE PAUL 33 314 083 54 03 CORNER IAN 39 350 015 06 05 THOMPSON VICKI 44W 315 002 54 31 LEGGETT RONNNIE 56 351 446 06 08 CASTLEDEN BOB 37 316 622 54 51 GAY RON 40 352 261 08 39 SCHONFELD MICHAEL 40 317 448 54 57 WADE PAUL 32 353 245 08 52 MOORE NOREEN 43W 318 096 54 57 MORRIS GARRY 39 354 246 08 52 DOUGLAS LEE 42W 319 004 55 13 WARR CHARLEY 57 355 291 12 21 PAGE NEVILLE 42 320 240 55 25 FAURELLE KARL 49 356 066 12 43 HART GERRY 51 321 304 55 29 ELTERMAN JULIE 39W 357 301 12 51 GREEM MIKE 40 322 215 55 40 TOOMEY BRIAN 50 358 022 13 18 TOBIN NICK 19 323 063 55 59 WATKINSON ASHLEY 24 359 643 13 57 LACEY HEATHER 37W 324 062 55 59 WATKINSON ALAN 54 360 236 13 58 COMER JULIE 35W 325 322 56 30 GOGGIN BERNIE 53 361 237 13 59 COMER JOHN 37 326 420 57 31 GANNON BARRY 50 362 431 14 02 COSSON KAREN 34W 327 008 57 57 GILES LEN 33 363 255 14 02 STONE FRAN 41W 328 274 58 01 WOODS NEIL 26 364 205 14 53 RAINES KATE 37W 329 019 58 40 SCHOBBER PETER 28 365 450 17 13 HUNTER STEVE 28 330 424 59 03 PARADOWSKI GEORGE 31 366 112 17 55 JACKMAN IAN 34 331 052 59 23 JOACHIM JOC 42 367 068 17 58 HILTON PAUL 42 332 275 59 34 STUART JOHN 49 368 286 19 25 SIMEONS HELEN 36W 333 218 59 55 BUTCHER PETER 40 369 486 24 54 RATCLIFF MIKE 43 334 089 00 07 MORAITIS SPIRO 57 370 217 25 03 KERR SANDY 45W 335 319 00 07 WEINSTEIN ROGER 40 371 235 27 25 JONES RICK 61 336 639 00 07 CLARICA JIM 47 372 069 35 00 WALTA CAROLINE 43W 373 225 50 JERRAM JOAN 43W VMC "RUNNERS WORLD" 4.4km ESPLANADE CANTER, BRIGHTON, 26 -8-90. 19 Starters. 1.JASON BARTLETT 20 14:50 ------7.JUDY ARON 16W 17:32 13.RON LUNT' ~2U~ 24:21 2.SIMON MORRIS 15 15:50 8.BERNARD RASI 19:02 14.JEANETTE MCCORMACK 24:28 3.JUSTIN BOWLER 20 16:10 9.JO FAIRBAIRN 37W 21:4715.LISA DWOSCHAK 24:28 4.BRENDAN PEEL 22 16:24 10.MUFFY the dog 4 21:47 16.MARGARET WHITTY 30 24:54 5.SHIRLEY BLOGG 30W 16:24 11.BILL WADDELL 56 21:56 17.RUSSELL ROLLS 45 25:00 6.LUKE KEENAN 10 17:02 12.ROSEMARY YOUNG 22:26 18.MELINDA LUNT 31W 26:19 19.KAY KENT 26:22 Joint Race Managers FRED LESTER & RICHARD SIMON were assisted by ROB JAMIESON and his Oakleigh AC crew at water stations, JIM DUGGAN with timer BOB WHITE, Mrs LEGGETT and recorders ROGER WEINSTEIN & VIKKI TOMPSON, NEIL RYAN organising traffic cones with MAL OOTHER, JIM MAUNDER & MARK RITTER as Road Marshals. RICHARD TODD cut his run short and gave Richard a hand at the finish recording table. THE RACE ITSELF. Daylight had hardly broken when runners began to stream into the Brighton Baths for one of the most popular beach runs on the calendar. An 8.00am start is essential as t^e beach traffic reaches almost peak traffic proportions within 3 hours on a sunny Sunday morning. The outward journey became a battle into a boisterous 25 knot wind and runners were clustered in groups for what protection could be got. Turning back through the car park at 16km, it was a matter of survival with surges over the hills to break away. Bryan Rule looked powerful and moved with great rhythm to move away easily while others fought it out for longer. Of great interest was the showing of the Veterans with 6 in the first 14 to cross the line. Peter Shone and Lew Harvey had a tussle as John Castle sneaked away, and John Waite ran very well in trying conditions. Kitty Mackay, a well performed runner and Modern Pentathlete until injured some years ago when competing as Kitty Chiller, just about ran herself out to lead the women home. Hopefully she may stay out of injuries and build on her outstanding talent. The name Von Diebitsch (when not misspelled) is likely to be in major results lists for some time to come, as Linda is still improving. Margaret Ellis-Smith (51) gave Jan Brimacombe (39) 12 years and also tough competition right up to the line and had no other over 40’s ahead of her. THE MAGIC OF ENCOURAGEMENT. by Frank Bonecker. Since 1972 I have travelled overseas all in all 7 times, 6 times to Europe and once to the USA and Canada. On 3 of these occasions I par­ ticipated in the World Veterans Games (Cologne 1972, Toronto 1975, 1985 ) .

Although I did not set the world on fire I did my best and found my experiences in the world of athletics very interesting and enjoyable. On all my travels to Europe, mainly Italy, Austria and France, I took part in athletic events. The city of Turin in Northern Italy and near the border of France is my usual base as most of these events are organised around this region. It is traditional for towns in Italy hold a festival once a year and it has now become common practice to include an athletic event. Such an event is usually organised on a Sunday morning of the Festival and many athletes, young and veterans alike, from many regions participate.

Most of these events are Crosscountry up into the mountains, rang­ ing from 10km to 25km with the occasional longer one or Marathon in flat country. Usually the races start in the town, complete a circuit around the mountains and finish back in town. After completion come the presentations, often very beautiful trophies (cups and medals) are presented to winners and placegetters in the various categories through all the age groups, men and women.

Among the athletes are some strong runners such as RENO dePALMAS (World Vets Marathon Champion in New Zealand and , Olym­ pic and European Marathon Champion. I had the pleasure of meeting Bor- din, who speaks English quite well, mainly on his training runs. At the time I met him in July this year, in the valley of Argentera which is situated in the North Italian Alps, close to the French border amidst beautiful scenery where he does most of his training. At that time he was training in defence of his European title which he recently defended successfully.

My impressions of athletics in Europe are that the media seem to give a lot if importance to these particular events. At each race, people line the roads for many kilometers and give all runners plenty of encouragement. Experiences that stick in my mind were on my first trip overseas to London and then to Cologne for the International Vet­ eran Athletics in 1972. Travelling with the Australian team, we first went to London for a meet at Crystal Palace. Prior to the events we did some sight seeing around London, Sussex, Essex, etc., and we were also invited to a garden party. This was at the White House, Woodford Green, where the patron was Sir Stuart Mallinson, who was the press secretary to Winston Churchill during the war. It was a beautiful gar­ den setting, a musical program by the Metro Police Band and we were also met by the first 4-minute miler, Dr. Roger Bannister. In that garden at the White House are many trees planted by famous people, Prime Ministers, Presidents, Governor Generals, Admirals of the Fleet, Supreme Commanders, etc. That day a tree was planted by Roger Bannis­ ter to commemorate the International Veterans Athletics Meeting 1972, in which the Australians performed very well among many nationalities.

One memory is of the late WALLY SHEPPARD’s World Record at 800m in London. He was also the main organiser of that trip and many others that followed. Then we went on to the in Munich, from there to Cologne where the main International Veterans events were held. Again, the Australians performed very well, particularly in the long distances where several Australians won gold and silver medals. Myself, I performed very moderately in the 5000m and 10,000m. ENCOURAGEMENT(cont) But one of the things that really sticks in my mind was the very first of the few I have run, although I had not trained for a Marathon. The longest distance at that time I raced in was a VAA 15 miler at Sandown motor track. However, it was announced that any of the athletes wishing to participate in the 42.2km may do so provided they lined up for a medical test by the German doctors. I was passed "OK", so I took the daring plunge not really expecting to finish any­ where near the distance.

We took off on a cool and drizzly day. For the first 10 miles I was going very well on my standards. Then 15 miles and still going well and felt I had plenty in reserve. Along the way I was enquiring from other runners about the time and it seemed to me that I was making very good time. So, I was becoming very enthusiastic as I could sense that I would complete the journey a good time and perhaps pushed myself a bit harder. Then somewhere around 19 or 20 miles, "Bang", I suddenly hit something I had never heard of before: THE WALL !!

My legs lost a lot of power and my coordination was going fast. It hit me physically and mentally and made me stop for the first time at about 20 miles at the main drink station. I sipped half a cup of tea and sucked half an orange, several people told me "give it away, you can’t make it", but after 4 to 5 minutes rest, still on my legs, I hobbled off somehow. I got some life back in my legs and practically staggered the last miles to the finish line in a time of 3 hrs 40 min at the age of 47 years. But what stuck in my mind most was during that last 6 miles or so there were people urging us on, some from the win­ dows of their flats, other standing in the rain and giving us old blokes encouragement. I could hear voices in broken English "C’mon Aussie !" I also remember coming to a crossroad and a German policeman on point duty, I think I was the lone runner for about 100 yards at that point, and he stopped the traffic and waved me on. Just as well, because I could not turn my head either side or, had I stopped, I could not get going again, and as I passed him he said: "C’mon little Aussie, you can make it !". Those words of encouragement helped to give me extra strength and see it through.

On arrival at the finish line I was given a medal for completing the journey within the time limit of 4 hours and escorted by a nurse into a large hall where I laid down on my back for an hour. My Aus­ tralian team mates later helped me to the shower in which I slowly recovered. We were entertained by the German band and gymnastic dis­ plays, plenty of food and, of course, the German beer was flowing freely for me to make the most of it. The point I am trying to make is how much encouragement can mean to an individual.

I also remember travelling on a bus in Cologne with another team mate, namely Ray Smith, our 50km Olympic walker in 1956, who received a bronze medal. We were wearing our Australian uniforms and recognised as athletes. People on the crowded bus were seeking our autographs, using books, pads, newspapers, whatever they had and asking questions about our events. I, as a Mr. Nobody, felt uncomfortable and embar­ rassed, though Ray was a famous Olympian.

However, I am getting back to that word "Encouragement". How much encouragement do our best and up-and-coming young athletes get here in Australia now a days by the media. Of what I have seen overseas, ath­ letics seems to be given more importance there and is going ahead. Where are the crowds we used to have many years ago at our top meet­ ings ? Surely, something can be done about it here too ! V.M.C.NEWSLETTER SUMMER 1990 DECEMBER VOL.22 No.4 VMC 12km TWO BRIDGES 31-10 -1990. 2Oo,overcast, very humid, drizzle. 25 Starters. 1.BRUCE GRAHAM 28 39:15 8.ANDREW BURGESS 24 47:04 15.MARK GASPERINO 31 54:28 2.BRIAN JOHNSON 39 40:38 9.JOHN NICHOLS 44 48:15 16.JOHN16. MCLAUGHLIN 50 55:01 3.JOE CAMPISI 33 41:57 10.IAN DIXON 41 48:28 17.KEVIN17. BROWNE 54 55:18 4.TARQUIN OEHR 39 43:54 11.ERIC LESBIREL 39 48:45 18.BRETT18. DALKIN 33 55:26 5.ELIAS SAHELY 36 44:31 12.MIKE PONSFORD 30 49:26 19.FRANK19. BONECKER 65 66:04 6.GLEN WESTERN 35 45:35 13.ROBERT ANDREW 30 50:35 20 20.LES. INNES 38 69:58 7.ALAN HUSE 27 45:56 14.GORDON STEPHEN 37 53:11 21.IMELDA LESBIREL 37 69:58 VMC 4 km TWO BRIDGES 31-10-1990. 16 Starters. 1. DAVID JONES 39 15:27 6.REID KEAYS 51 16:24 12.GARY SIMMONS 41 22:58 2.STUART NICOL 40 15:46 7.BOB JOHNSTON 52 16:36 13.SANDRA TARR 19W 23:16 3.TONY KING 42 15:49 8.BILL TILLER 41 17:18 14.ROBERT HOLMES 4 25:52 4.DAVID HANLON 39 15:55 9.JANET HOLMES 31W 18:39 15.JULIA HOLMES 8W 26:03 5.GEOFF WHITE 44 16:00 10.ALLAN CARTER 49 20:03 16.JON HOLMES 38 26:03 ll.LEEZA ROBERTSON 18W 22:57 Race Manager FRED LESTER was assisted by BOB ANKERLIN, JEAN & TOM ALBURY, JOHN CRANE, TERRY HARRISON, RAY CHADWICK, DUNCAN CROCKETT, JENNY MCINNES, SANDRA KERR,JIM CURTAIN and TONY MANDILE. Thanks to you all for answering the Roster Call. Once again, we were plagued by a heavy downpour, plus a wet outlook, just on "knock - off" time, which must have dissuaded a lot of runners who had enquired about this run. Luckily it cleared up enough for the event until a slight drizzle towards the end. Anyway, it gave the chance to win some Trophy Orders for some new recipients.

Editorial MODERN October 1990 ATHLETE and COACH COMPETITION DEMANDS CAN CREATE PROBLEMS Basic Principles Applicable to the forward planning of the Australian Track and Construction of Macro-cycles in this issue of Field Coaches Association, have unfortunately Modern Athlete and Coach is an article that the been overlooked by the administrators. They authorities responsible for the administration of appear to assume that athletes can meet the track and field in Australia are unlikely to read. requests of the competition calendar organisers Yet, the advice given by Dr. Atko Viru, a and remain in peak form without exhausting prominent sport scientist and professor of their adaption reserves. biology, would give something to think about A typical example of this was the poor for those who are determined to “market” our performance of the Oceania World Cup team sport at all cost and blindly overlook the last year when the advice of the Australian physiological principles that govern the Track and Field Coaches Association was functions and performance capacities of ignored and leading athletes, forced to perform athletes. in the trials, dropped There is no doubt that high level competitions out of the Cup team. Obviously the competition and selection trials can lift the image of track demands, requiring three peaks within four and field and benefit both the athletes and the months didn’t fit into their preparation plans. sponsors. This, of course, provided that the How some other nations deal with these planning of the competition calendar is not problems is well shown in the approach dominated by commercial interests at the adopted over the recent years by the German expense of the athletes, who are forced to line Democratic Republic. Following the advice by up at times when it interferes with their long­ their sport scientists and coaches the GDR has term training plans. withdrawn their athletes from the lucrative Dr. Viru, in an attempt to find an answer to European circuit well ahead of such important these problems, stresses the need to follow the competitions as the Olympic Games, World accepted principles that govern the dynamics Championships and European Champion­ of work and performance capacities of the ships. human body. He claims that “the ignorance of This allows for an uninterrupted preparation, physiological principles by the administrators according to long-term planning, that forces athletes to adjust their competitive culminates in the final selection trials a day or appearances so that they decide which two before the closing of entries for the climax competitions fit physiologically into their competition. Athletes have to peak only once preparations.” and the results speak for themselves. He goes even further and recommends that While we might not be in the position to follow “ if there is a conflict between the general the example of the GDR, at least some strategy of a multi-year preparation plan and consideration should be given to the principles the competitive demands in a year, the applied to human physiology and the limitations competitions have to be sacrificed and not the of the adaption capacity reserves. After all, top other way around”. level Australian athletes are already in a These wise recommendations, known to most geographically disadvantaged position in facing coaches and taken into consideration in the major competitions during our winter.

2 VMC "RUNNERS WORLD" MARATHON 1990 FLASHBACK: No number to identify top left, but CLAIRE BOWKER looks relieved to come in as second woman. The bottom trio from left: Could be JOHN PILKINGTON (361 ?), winning the battle for first Veteran against TONY MORGAN (346) Can't mistake PETER NELSON, our International Course Measurer. He doesn't trust local timekeepers either ! V.-ft.C.NEWSLETTER SUMMER 1990 DECEMBER VOL.22 No. 4 Distance Running Commission Notes

At its last meeting, in Sydney at the beginning of August, - distance running plan. Establishment of priorities for the Distance Running Commisssion decided to publish a competition. (). regular newsletter. - establishment of a sponsored, national distance running series, incorporating the Zatopek and Australian 10,000 metres, the The rationale was that many distance athletes and coaches Australian road championships, the Australian marathon, the were not receiving information through the usual channels - , the Australian Cross Country championships, the AA News, state associations, etc. Pat Clohessy’s Distance Burnie Ten and the Sussan Classic women’s 10km. Running Update was partly filling that information gap, so - investigatigation of a national club road relay championship it was thought that a news-sheet added to Pat's newsletter (possibly based on Victoria’s Sandown Relays) was the way to go.

Dave Cundy has undertaken to create a mailing list for our WHO IS ON THE COMMISSION? sheet, slightly wider than Pat's. So if you are aware of anyone whom you believe should be getting this news, but The members of the commission are: isn't, please let him know. Chairman: Denis Wilson, 8 Tullaroop St, Duffy, ACT 2610. The DRC asked me to produce the newsletter, so if there are any suggestions on content, letters, etc, please feel free Phone: (06) 288 7595(h), (06) 275 3872(b). to contact me at The Age. Dave Cundy, 33 Lawrence Cres., Kambah, ACT 2902. Ph: (06) 231 8422(h); (06) 263 3733(b). For our first edition, we have decided that the most pressing need is for basic information, so apart from the Rod Gibb, RMB173, Flannery Rd, Cambewarra, NSW 2540. introductory bits, we have included contacts for most of the Ph: (044) 46 0226(h); (044) 21 6011(b). useful people around. Feel free to get in touch (at a reasonable hour and in a reasonable mood). Dusty Lewis, PO Box 5251, Gold Coast Mail Exchange, Qld 4217. Ph: (075) 91 1466; Fax: (075) 91 1525. Yours in running, LEN JOHNSON , 30 Boyanna Drive, Glen Waverley, Vic. 3150. Ph: (03) 802 4690(h); (03) 419 4933(b). Fax: (03) 416 0818. WHAT IS THE DISTANCE RUNNING COMMISSION? Chris Wardlaw, 11 Larch St, Blackburn, Vic. 3130. The Distance Running Commission is an advisory body to the Ph: (03) 877 3989(h); (03) 794 3525(w). Athletics Australia board. It can recommend, but not dictate, policy. However, the board has given the commission power to Athletes and Susan Hobson are also oversee the conduct of all cross-country and road members of the commission. championships conducted by/for AA, recommend the appointment of technical delegates and deal with other matters OTHER USEFUL CONTACTS ARE: referred to it by the board. Neil King, General Manager, Athletics Australia, PO Box 254 The commission reviews all reports received from managers Moonee Ponds, Vic. 3039. Ph: (03) 370 7555. and captains of our distance running teams to international events. We are particularly interested to have comment from Pat Clohessy, National Distance Coach, Australian Institute of any of our distance runners on matters of concern. Sport, PO Box 176, Belconnen, ACT 2616. Ph: (06) 252 1206(b) We wish to improve the quality of road course measurement. The commission, through Dave Cundy, is arranging a series of , National Coach, Athletics Australia. Address and course measurement seminars throughout Australia with the phone as per Neil King. aim of giving suitably motivated people the basic skills to become trainee course measurers. Interested people can Editor of this news-sheet: contact Dave Cundy for details. Len Johnson, Age Sport, PO Box 257C, Melbourne, Vic. 3001. Ph: (03) 874 4379(h), 601 2373(b). AA provides funding for one meeting of the commission each Selectors: year. The next meeting will be held in Melbourne on 13 December, the day of the A grade Zatopek 10,000 metres. Chairman road, cross-country and walks, and track and field selection panels: Brian Roe. Denis Wilson, Chairman. The other members of the road, cross-country and walks panel are: Matters currently being dealt with by the DRC are: Pam Turney, 30 Mernda Rd, Olinda, Vic. 3788. Ph: (03) 751 - arranging a series of course measurement seminars 1382 . (responsibility of: Dave Cundy). Rod Gibb, as above - production of a competition manual (Dave Cundy). Distance Running^

UPDATE , is**1* October/November 1990 - AIS Canberra

WORLD CROSS COUNTRY SQUADS, ANTWERP, WORLD CUP - MARATHON (LONDON) MARCH 1991 QUALIFYING TIMES

Men Women Men: 2-15.30 Women: 2-40.0 Peter Brett Joanne Campbell-Smith Allan Carman Anne Cross Annette Dwyer Russell Foley Susan Hobson AUSTRALIAN MARATHON RANKINGS - 1990 Rodney Higgins Jenny Lund Adam Hoyle Sue Malaxos Men Steve Moneghetti Maree McDonagh 2-08.16 Stephen Moneghetti Berlin Malcolm Norwood Carolyn Schuwalow 2-10.34 Stephen Moneghetti Auckland Robert O’Donnell Krishna Wood Julian Paynter Rhona Makepeace* 2-11.28 Rob de Castella Gerard Ryan 2-15.17 Allan Carman Gold Coast Phillip Makepeace * ‘subject to eligbility 2-16.13 Merv Johnston Los Angeles 2-16.48 Michael Inwood Gold Coast Juniors Gold Coast Nigel Adkin Kate Anderson 2-16.54 John Meagher David Boddington Julie Beckhaus 2-17.50 Steve Poulton NSW Paul Burge Nicola Corbin 2-18.41 Michael Dalton London Scott Carlson Michelle Dillon 2-20.10 Peter Haynes Perth Robert Ellis Katrina Gorbunow 2-20.59 Don Wallace Gold Coast Chris Howley Sacha Stephens Jason Rock Wendy Ticehurst 2-21.01 Malcolm Johnston Gold Coast Trent Wood Suzy Walsham 2-21.37 Laurie Adams Gold Coast 2-22.02 Greg McMahon Gold Coast World Junior Championships - Plovdiv. Bulgaria 5000m Paul Patrick (Aust) 13-51.52 (5th) PB Women 800m Mark Holcombe “ 1-48.68 H PB 2-25.38 Lisa Martin Auckland 800m t < < < 1-49. F (8th) 2-33.15 Tani Ruckle Auckland 1500m Nigel Adkiri “ 3-45.09 (8th) PB 2-43.57 Karen Gobby Perth 1500m Susy Walsham “ 4-19 (8th) 2-44.01 Colleen Stephens Osaka Horsham - Enoland. Julv 29 2-44.38 Trudy Fenton Gold Coast 2-46. Rhonda Mallinder Rome 3000m Joanne Campbell-Smith 9-27 (PB) 2-48.55 Beverly Lucas Gold Coast 2-49.16 Candice Charles Gold Coast 2-50.48 Jan Fredrick Gold Coast IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS STANDARDS - 2-52.44 Jo Cowan NSW , 1991 2-54.26 Mary Silver Gold Coast 2-54.27 Mora Main NSW Men Women 2-54.56 Cathy Gillett Gold Coast Event A B AB 2-56.48 Lyn Stem Gold Coast 800m 1-46.10 1^7.50 1-59.40 2-03.00 2-57.48 Gayelene Clews Boston 1500m 3-37.00 3-40.50 4-06.00 4-14.00 MAJOR COMPETITION DATES - 1990-91 3000m -- 9-00.00 9-10.00

5000m 13-24.00 13-38.00 - November 18 Dream Series -1500m, Melbourne 10,000m 28-00.00 28-30.0CI 32-50.00 34-00.00 December 1 AIS Coca Cola Classic - Canberra 3000m St 8-24.00 8-35.00 -- December 13 Zatopek 1 OK Series - 2-14.00 2-4G.00 January 6/7 Hobart Relays & International Meet January 12 Grand Prix, Hamilton NZ January 20 City of Sydney Festival - Grand Prix January 26 AIS Seiko Athletics Classic - Canberra Editor Pat Ciohessy February f Grand Prix - Brisbane A x i s '.ralian Institute cf . Sport February 9/10 NSW T & r Chamionships - Sydney PO Box 176 February 15 Adelaide Games - Gran 1 Prix Belcomxen ACT 2616 February 19 NEC Meet - Grand Prix - Melbourne February 22-24 Australian Championships A rand Pri:i Final Sydney ATHLETICS IN CRISIS Fred Lester. 1990 has seen a growing concern around the world as to the direc­ tion Sport as a whole is going - a change in direction and priority of values. No field of sport is an exception to the changes that have taken place and are still going on. Sport in general has become not only an industry but a GROWTH INDUSTRY in the search for expansion of capital, an adjunct to the entertainment industry. This is an industry with an ever shifting base, dependant as it is on whims and fads, spontaneous or artificially created. Let’s single out ATHLETICS in the present setting, ranging from Little Aths, Track & Field, Crosscountry and to the so- called Fun Run scene. We are caught up in it whether we like it or not. What concerns us most, those of us who are keenly involved in any facet of athletics and seeking wholesome participation in it, is the general decline in the appreciation of and participation in our sport. I have before me a number of documents, all of 1990 vintage, expressing in their own ways the various concerns held by most of us. The one theme common to them all is the lack of direct communication and cooperation at all levels, numerous conflicts of interest purely on individual (egotistical ?) perceptions and habits, a tenacity to hang onto outmoded practices and ideas regardless of changes in commu­ nity attitudes. WHAT PRICE CONSULTATION AT THE TOP ?? Looking at a letter from Dave Cundy (Canberra Marathon Director, Member of the A.A.’s Distance Running Commission) in the Australian Runner of March/April, we have the following extracts: ”... the new AA administrators must communicate with those working at the grass roots of the sport if they are to avoid criticism ... the Southern Cross Half Marathon ... will incorporate the Australian Half Marathon Championship, officially endorsed by A.A. ... I understand this decision has been taken jointly by A.A.’s new president and new general manager back in September 1989. I know for certain that the A.A.’s Board on Distance Running was not consulted ... our distance athletes already have very heavy programs ... the calendar is full of good quality races. Our athletes don’t need further championship races ”... A.A. convened a Calendar congress in Adelaide (July 89) to settle dates for 1990 ...No Australian Half Marathon Championship was allocated a date at this congress.... Now I find I have wasted my time and money as A.A. has taken a major decision on a completely ad hoc basis ... approved at that congress other major events around the country at that time -AV Road Relay Championships at Sandown (the most prestigious road relay in Australia), AASA Patawalonga Relays and the Sussan Women’s 10K Classic in Melbourne ...” ”... how are associations to budget for this additional expenditure when they do not know that the race exists ? Or are teams not involved, in which case we are faced with a second rate Australian Championship without representation from each State ... most state associations are unable to fund athletes to attend existing champion­ ships, let alone support another title ...”

It is appropriate to comment here that Dave Cundy’s perception of "communication” implies direct discussion and interchange between the affected parties for action to follow. However, the "buzz word” commu­ nication as far as centralised bureaucracy of whatever hue is con­ cerned, is just another way of churning out endless reams of paper of copious statements and findings, "snowing” the participants and public with indiscriminate information, most of it useless unless properly sifted and dealt with in detail. Glossy periodicals and brochures are produced in the offices not only of athletic ruling bodies, but also by ministries and departments and regional offices of the many fed­ eral, state and local sport, recreation and youth divisions. The cost in material and working hours is at the expense of direct funding. Page 14 V.M.C.NEWSLETTER SUMMER 1990 DECEMBER VOL.22 No 4 "CHANGE OR DIE !" - "RECRUIT OR DIE ?" CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS !! Two publications with these plaintive cries as their motifs landed on my desk recently - the first a report on a research conducted into the sport of athletics in Australia, the second the British AAA News survey on club-instigated coaching and schools liaison. Both reports carried similar findings of woe: Falling memberships, sagging commu­ nity interest, higher costs, lack of private and government support. There is no point for us to deal with the British report in detail, our concern is primarily with the athletic scene at home. The "CHANGE OR DIE" report commissioned by Athletics Australia is what applies closest to us and is worth the most serious study. Prior to any comments on this report, it is important to be clear on the actual brief which it was commissioned to undertake. The point that needs to be made from the outset, not in the brief, is to be aware of what the pursuit of athletics is really about, its role in overall sporting activity, the community and the benefits derived from it. The role of athletics as an activity is the most fundamental of all human activity, there is no-one alive who does not have to walk, run, jump, lift or throw at various times during their lifetime. Very often one or more of these elements are vital to obtain the necessities of life, earn a livelihood or even use as a means of avoiding danger to life and limb. The aim of athletic activities as a sporting pursuit is to be able to perform physical more effectively, embodied in the Olym­ pic slogan: "Higher, Faster, Stronger". A further consideration is that virtually every sport - Gymnastics, Swimming, Ball Games, Combat Sports - is dependent on one or more aspects of athletic ability. It is a primary element in Physical Edu­ cation and is neglected at the peril of the community’s health. The development of new sports also rests on sound athletic ability and must not be seen as detracting from athletics as a sport. Having established the role of Athletics as developing efficient physical ability fundamental to all movements - work and leisure activities - we come to the brief for this REPORT ON RESEARCH CON­ DUCTED INTO THE SPORT OF ATHLETICS IN AUSTRALIA, prepared for Athlet­ ics Australia, from which we select a number of telling passages.

AS BACKGROUND, there is a table summarising national registrations such as 1973/74 National 19,519 Vic 7,465 38.24% of total 1980/81 " 24,657 " 8,519 34.55% " 1988/89 " 18,224 " 5,431 29.80% " drop from 80/81 peak -26.09% -36.25% drop from 73/74 - 6.63% -27.25% There have been some fluctuations during the in-between years, as well as variations in age groups registered in some states, of rela­ tively minor influence.

THE "CONSUMER" RESEARCH broadly concentrates on those factors and issues that affect why the public do or don’t become involved with the Sport, either as a participator or spectator. THE "KEY GROUP" RESEARCH concentrates on those factors and issues which supply the reason why we are losing athletes (or spectators) who had taken on the sport. The report further outlines the very wide range of ages, degree of involvement, family and peer group links of both sexes used in discus­ sions and interviews for the in depth study.

MAJOR FINDINGS were listed under (A) PERCEPTIONS: * Athletics seems to be perceived in a different way to most sports ** The community have positioned athletics in their minds as an elite sport ** It is perceived as not a sport for "everyone” * It is not a sport where you can "have a go" & "have a good time" Page 15 (cont. p.16) CHANGE OR DIE (cont.) In addition, athletics is not seen as a sport. The term "sport" implies a sense of team spirit/"playing the game”

It is possible to be involved in a ’’sport” just for the basic enjoyment or a desire to be active - Athletics is not perceived in this way - Rather than a ’’sport”, athletics is perceived as being "competition” - the sole reason for taking part being to win.

Athletes are perceived as ’’loners”, unlikely to be involved in other sports, there is no real sense of interaction between athletes. Athletics is positioned as a competition rather than a sport. It involves ’’stars and champions”.

THE ELITE IMAGE IS REINFORCED as athletics is not seen to be a mainstream sport activity by young people - it is ”one-off or spe­ cial”. It is not fully integrated into the school sports calendar. It is ’’fitted in” between the cricket and football seasons. It is not trained for but rather is an annual event which is over in a day.

MAJOR FINDINGS (B) MOTIVATIONS FOR BEING INVOLVED listed among others Love or Enjoyment of the Sport and The Social Aspect of Competitive Sport which is engendered by competing with friends and meeting new friends - which is enhanced by being part of a team - Sporting clubs have become important social institutions. However, there are cases where an athletics club is not so much a club in the social sense, but rather a gathering of individuals who have similar interests and characteristics and with whom they there­ fore feel comfortable.

Under (D) RESISTANCES TO PARTICIPATION IN ATHLETICS the factors (1) The nature of the product, and (2) The organisation of the sport were examined.

Again the negative influences of Elitism, over-emphasis on talent, winning being all-important and lack of a strong social aspect were cited as most damaging. Organisationally, there were weaknesses at every level, whether it was leadership, adequate funding and facilities, promotion, lack of contact at the broad community level, etc.

Coming to (E) RESISTANCES OPERATING AT SPECTATOR LEVEL, it cited what all athletes are only too aware of themselves. No real sense of action, while other sports offer continual action. Various events go on at the same time, nobody is sure what is going on and where to look. No information or poor commentating compounds a general sense of confusion. Venues look unattractive and offer poor shelter, if at all. Meetings drag on and on.

Dealing with (F) THE ATHLETIC PRODUCT, the report pinpoints the general and deep going dissatisfaction with the unvarying boredom of Interclub and Championship schedules.

The key for improvement lies in creating more variety to cater for the differing levels and preferences in the wide range of interests making up the body of athletes. This report is in the hands of Athletics Australia and to date it appears to have been a well kept secret, at least nothing has been passed on to the people most concerned, the athletes at club level. WHAT ABOUT IT A.A.? MAYBE IT SHOULD BE CALLED "DISCUSS OR DIE" !! VMC "SPORTSCRAFT" QUEEN OF THE LAKE participants completing the first 5km lap are watched by side­ lined 1989 winner JACKIE PERKINS(extreme right). Determined looking KYLIE LUCAS on her way to win the under 19 age group. Top left: BRYAN RULE outdistanced the field in the 32.2km BEACH ROAD CHALLENGE, as below him SAFET BADIC did all the chasing for second placing. V.M.CoNEWSLEPTER SUMMER D E C E M B E R VOL. No a

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The 33 runners who started at East Burwood track on Sunday 28th October were part of quite an historic occasion - the first Six Hour Track Race to be held in Victoria ever!. And what a race it was. Who could have predicted that they would experience such appallingly hot conditions. Someone told me it reached 33 degrees that afternoon when they were plugging around... and around...and around. A mate of mine calculated that it would have been 53 degrees centigrade on that black rubberised surface. And the hot north wind up the back straight didn't help. Not exactly ideal conditions for an ultra. Great for catching an early tan though.

The amazing thing for me as Race Director was that they all coped so well with the adverse conditions, even though two thirds o f the first were novices at ultrarunning. Of course Dr.Don McMahon's little pep talk on the dangers of dehydration and "melting muscles” just before the start scared them into accepting drinks and sponges almost every lap as the sun rose. So much so that their weight checks every two hours revealed only a few of them had lost any weight at all.

We had almost every member of the Croydon venue of the Victorian Veterans Athletic Club there at some stage during the day and I was particularly grateful to them all for giving me so much support. They handed out sponges and filled water cups for six hours, made sandwiches and hot drinks and even cooked pancakes for lapscorers. They filled up water bins, lapscored, crewed, massaged and weighed the runners,worked out platings and final distances in a hurry, presented medals and certrificates and even helped me clean up after -wards. The list goes on. I value their help and friendship tremendously. Thanks also to my husband Colin who updated the leader board every hour.

A few of us kicked on at the ground until 7 o'clock that night. I don't know where those extra four hours went after the finish, but we had a ball just sitting in the shade, sipping the odd drink and having great post-mortems and discussions about the event and other things. We didn't really want to go home, the atmosphere was so great. Eddie Stack did the roving musician bit, swaying on the fringe of the group, entertaining us playing his mouth-organ.

One of my first-timers, Charles Cameron, commented on the encouragement from other competitors that he received throughout the event - something that he hadn't experienced in other competitive pursuits that he had taken part in. Put we in the ultrarunning game know that this is part and parcel o f ultrarunning isn't it, and is one o f the reasons why ultrarunning events are so special to the people involved. It's certainly why I am happy to organise such events. The friendships and rapour that is built up between runners, their crews and lapscorers and the organisers is something too beautiful to put into words. Thankyou if you were part o f this one.

One notable feature of the field of competitors was that two-thirds were of veteran age, and four of them were over 60, which shows that ultrarunning is a sport an older person can definitely get into.

Congratulations to Jeffrey Smith from Ferntree Gully, 31 years, who won the event. What a well-paced and well-judged performance. He ran 7.5 minute mile pace consistently from start to finish. Jeff tells tfie it's his second ultra. He ran the Ballarat 50 miler two years ago, but of course, he's delighted with this one. Graeme Alford in 5th position was out first novice. Fantastic effort Graeme! Shirley Young's performance at 60 years of age was also sensational. Some of you may not realize that Shirley is the ONLY female to have completed EVERY Melbourne marathon!

I feel that, due to the success of this first Six Hour event in Victoria, it will definitely become a permanent race on our ultrarunning calendar.

Dot Browne (Race Director) V.M.C.NEWSLETTER SUMMER 1990 DECEMBER VOL.22 No.4 TRAINING NOTES Fred Lester ARE LONG DISTANCE RUNNERS PERMANENTLY OVER-TRAINED ? By Klaus Maulbecker & Jobst Kuger in Lehre der Leichtathletik 1987. Several years of observing long distance runners in training and racing, as well as comparing them with athletes in other track and field events, has made these authors believe that many distance exponents suffer from over-training. They line up for races in partly fatigued physical and psychological condition and fail to exploit their real performance capacity. We believe that the most common mistakes are made up from the following two aspects:

1. The lack of self-confidence and "guilty conscience" often leads athletes to restricted, or even eliminated, regeneration phases between hard and demanding workouts. As the result, they face up to the important pre-season preparation period lacking freshness and concentration.

2. Long distance runners frequently lack the courage to reduce the training volume and intensity, or have a rest day, prior to competi­ tions in order to start the race in physically and psychologically recovered condition.

Perhaps the most typical example comes from marathon runners. There is no doubt that they have to develop their aerobic endurance and utilisation of fats by performing long training runs. However, the long runs should be followed by a regenerative easy jog in the nature on the following day, not the execution of a 20km run in order to increase the training mileage.

Such a workout a day after a long run or an intensive interval ses­ sion serves no purpose. The pace will not be in the range of having a training effect on the development of aerobic capacity and the distance is far to long for recovery. A similar situation occurs in long warm-up runs of up to 45 minutes before a training session. Again it serves no purpose to develop aerobic endurance and only leaves the athlete tired for the main task of the workout that might include anaerobic endurance and speed development. (reprinted from "Modern Athlete and Coach", Australia, October 1990) t=*=*=*=*=*=t=*=*=*=*=t=*=*=*=t=*=t=*=*=*=*=t=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=t=*=t=t=*=*=*

BOOKS - THERE IS MORE TO SPORT THAN MEETS THE EYE ! Reading about sport is not only holiday reading. THE SPORTS BUSINESS, The Men & The Money NEIL WILSON, Mandarin PB, 10.95 RRP. MAKING SENSE OF SPORT, ELLIS CASHMORE, Routledge PB, 29.95 RRP. SPORT AND LEISURE, Trends in Australian Popular Culture, Ed. DAVID ROWE, GEOFF LAWRENCE, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich PB, 29.95 RRP.

Neil Wilson has written several books on sport, and spent three years with a sports marketing company. He has covered 8 summer and winter Olympics as a jour­ nalist and was named Sports Writer of the Year in 1984 (Brit.Press Awards)

THE SPORTS BUSINESS is a serious guide to the interaction between sport and its financial manipulators, first published as a 1988 hard cover book, is a 1990 paperback reprint. His theme that the sports business is now a full-blown indus­ try that turns fame and fortunes and inspires today’s generation of competitors to win more than medals. The Olympics, Wimbledon, Seb Coe, the American Agent, the Manager, the Promoter, the Club, the Team, the Sponsor and the Marketing Man are closely scrutinised and set in perspective of sport at large. Fascinating reading, a "Who Is Doing It" to make you re-assess sport happenings ! V.M.C. NEWSLETTER BOOKS (cont.) MAKING SENSE OF SPORT is the work of a Professor of Sociology who writes plain English for the benefit of students of sports sciences, physical education and leisure studies and in a way that any reader with an interest in any type of sport can readily follow. Chapters on performance, origin and history, functions of sport, myths and attitudes, business and politics are well presented and raise many different angles to their subjects. Ellis Cashmore encourages the reader to think about and sort out facts and suppositions, reality from prejudice.

SPCKT AND LEISURE is Australian based compilation of essays representing the recent concerns of the "new wave" of sociologists of sport and leisure. The editors’ aim in compiling this book has been to demonstrate the centrality of sport and leisure in the "cultural logic" of contemporary Australian capitalism. There are few writers in Australia who call themselves sports sociologists and who are actively engaged in the analysis and research of sport and, in spite of the rapid growth of leisure, examination of leisure in Australia remains frag­ mentary and poorly funded. A wide array of contributors to various chapters such as Expansion of Profes­ sional Football, Media treatments of Hooliganism, Gender and Body Image, Sport, Media and Masculinity, the Body as Commodity, Sport Leisure and Social Inequality, Too Much Fun, Recreation in the High Country, Tourism as Leisure makes one realise that sport in its diversity affects us all in some way. While not all chapters may hold the same interest for anyone of us, and there is some unevenness, most of the text is challenging and there are also interesting tab­ ulations and historical data.

All three books are worth their place in any library or any serious sports lov­ ers’ home. They are three distinct treatments of the central subject whcih can contribute greatly to our better understanding of the place of sport in society and the role it plays in our own lives. It may even be worthwhile for clubs and schools to add one or other of these for reference by members when seeking information on sport and leisure subjects under discussion. (Review copies by courtesy of International Bookshop, Elizabeth St.)

SIX HOUR TRACK RACE BILL SEWART TRACK. E .BURWOOD. 20-10-90 PL COMPETITOR/AGE MARATHON 50km 6 HOURS PL COMPETITOR/AGE MARATHON 6 HOURS 01.JEFF SMITH 31 3:33:35 4:12 29 70.804km 23.NORBERT WICHMANN 38 5:07:07 49.774km 02.PETER QUINN 40 3:31:35 4:15 57 68.518km 24.CHARLES CAMERON 37 5:24:42 47.249km 03.BRICK HEPBURN 39 3:39:30 4:21 53 67.732km 25.NORM JOHNSTON 53 5:10:20 46.425km 04.JOE SKROBALAK 38 3:32:49 4:16 43 67.433km 26.TONY PULVIRENTI 24 5:33.00 45.558km 05.GRAEME ALFORD 30 3:47:27 4:34 16 62.538km 27.GRAEME ROBERTSON 45 5:35:51 44.540km 06.JOHN BELL 45 3:38:51 4:44 33 62.062km 28.NORMA DICKSON W 5:42:26 44.245km 07.HANS JENSEN 43 3:42:47 4:42 06 61.807km 29.DENIS SINNOTT 60 5:49:31 43.142km 08.SHIRLEY YOUNG 60W 3:54:32 4:42 34 61.793km 30.GRACE SMITH 72W 37.702km 09.FRED BLACKMAN 3:51:32 4:45 40 60.435km 31.LAVINIA PETRIE 47W 34.800km 10.TERRY COX 25 3:55:25 5:06 55 57.840km 32.DOROTHY HICK 49W 29.551km 11.LAWRENCE CROUCH 50 4:16:07 5:12 45 56.869km 33.JAN STRONG 45W 28.328km i2*1P0M DONOVAN 59 4:26:30 5:18 23 56.708km 13.GREG WISHART 52 4:09:07 5:17 02 55.732km 14.TONY POWER 30 4:28:37 5:32 49 54.181km 15.L0RRIE BISHOP 43W 4:43:25 5:38 06 53.420km 16.ANDREW HALLAM 26 4:16:55 5:37 25 53.068km 17.LESTER BUCHANAN 50 4:40:29 5:43 17 52.451km 18.PHIL SODERSTROM 43 4:50:02 5:48 40 51.907km 19.DAVID YEAMAN 54 4:23:48 . 5:43 10 51.754km 20.FRANK TUTCHENER 63 4:37:41 5:48 48 51.073km 21.BILL BAXTER 52 4:58:50 5:58 59 50.176km 22.ERNEST HARTLEY 40 4:52:50 5:59 19 50.128km WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT? ODDS AND ENDS AND RANDOM THOUGHTS. Fred Lester. * THE HEALTHIEST RUNNING ORGANISATION IN AUSTRALIA surely must be the ACT CCC, THE A.C.T. CROSS COUNTRY CLUB INC. It has a membership around 500, approximately 25% of them women. It organises some 70 events throughout the year, catering for a variety of tastes and interests for different age groups and levels of ability. No.82 of its regular quarterly Newsletter, CANBERRA RUNNER, is an opus of 104 packed pages by author/publicist/commentator/etc/etc BRIAN LENTON., also known as the origi­ nator of NATIONAL RUNNING WEEK at Thredbo, now in its 11th year. We know that Canberra & the ACT are a unique living environment in many respects, size in comparison to our other main cities is one major factor, but it is the spirit of whole-community involvement that has been fostered so assiduously by successive committees of the Club which is responsible for its present high regard among the Australian running enthusiasts. Brian and Linda Lenton, Dave Cundy, Dave Hobson, Gerry Hand and others are continuing and extending the tradition set in motion in our National Capital by Jack Pennington, Graeme Small, Dave Mclnnes during the 60’s.

* CONGRATULATIONS TO STEPHEN MONEGHETTI for his outstanding first major Marathon victory in Berlin since our previous issue. It was a just reward for a patient and mature approach that has been a hallmark of Steve’s career since I became aware of him during the first Falls Creek Junior Distance Running Camp in 1981/2. His ability to regain a relaxed attitude no matter whether plans have worked out or not and tackle a new goal with fresh concentration is the result of patient practice.

It is interesting to note that his main rival, DOUGLAS WAKIIHURI, handled the NEW YORK MARATHON in very similar fashion, whereas durable once again dropped out of contention in tough company. GRETE WAITZ, on the comeback trail after stress fracture injury, had to settle for fourth in 2:34:34 after a brave attempt to win for a 10th time.

* HAVING TRIED EVERY BRAND OF RUNNING SHOE for over 30 years, I have at last got one that I feel really happy with. Width, cushioning, support and comfort came together for me with a NEW BALANCE 476 pair of training weight. My only wish now is that either that or some other shoe company produce proper ’’Casual Shoes” of the same quality for everyday street wear !!!

* BP, MAIN SPONSOR OF VMC’s EMIL ZATOPEK SERIES, also contributes elsewhere to Aus­ tralian Athletics. They sponsored well performed JULIE McKIE’s trip to the 15km Women’s 15km World Championship, where our Australian team finished 15th.

* ORGANISERS OF THE ASIAN GAMES in China had laid on a special guide for 231cm tall South Korean basketballer LI MYONG HUN to make sure that he does not bang his head during his stay. The guide walks ahead of LI at all times warning him to duck for doorways, light fixtures, fire sprinklers and other hazards. Question in my mind is: Did they have a bed for him or did he have to sleep on the floor on a tandem mattress ?!

* ANT DOUBTS ABOUT OUR PERSONAL LOVE OF SPORT BECOMING A COMMODITY TO BE SOLD FROM AN A SLAVE MARKET AUCTION BLOCK should be dispelled by the recent Football Draft proce­ dures. Even top coach DAVID PARKIN had some muted objections to the uprooting of young players from their environment. But when the chips were down in the case of Parkin’s present club allegiance, even that murmur faded out. Several sports associated with the Australian Institute of Sport rat Canberra found that shifting talented, but immature, sports people into strange environments and expect good results was not a simple matter.

* JUST AS A FOOTNOTE: A number of vacancies exist for enthusiastic runners of some experience in several departments of the VMC. There are no prospects of personal enrichment or free lunches. Knowledge of systems is not essential, runners don’t follow them anyway. A knowledge of the Alphabet is restricted to from AA to AV. (This is not a credit rating !) VICTORIAN MARATHON CLUB MRT,BOURNE INC - FIXTURE LIST - 598 High St. E.KEW 3102 Due to the over-crowded distance running calendar, we have cancelled as under: JAN 20 4 LAPS PRINCES PK FEB 3 6 LAPS PRINCES FK AFR 15 15k/5k ALBERT PK Where NO Early Entries asked for, Enter on race day 45 mins prior to Start Time. * Indicates changes from previous listings. RACE DATES after APRIL to be confirmed.

*NOV 28(Wed) 9k-3k PRINCES PARK 6.30pm(Map29 G12)$4 ($2M);3k - $2. DEC 10-13 FMTT. ZATOPEK TROPHY 10,000m Track Series, Olympic Park. ENTRIES $10 13(Thu) EMIL ZATOPEK FINAL NIGHT - SPECIAL EVENTS NO LATE ENTRIES !! EZ Entries close November 19. Membership & Time Qualifications apply. * Minor Men’s Divisions for VMC & Vic Vet AC 1990 Financial Members only. 16(Sun)EMIL ZATOPEK OPEN 10km & 3km FUN RUNS, PRINCES PARK 9 .00am; 10k-$6;3k-$3. (Map 29 G 12) Pavillion next to Carlton FG, Royal Parade. DEC 31 (Mon)"RUNNERS W0RU) MIDNITE RUN" 8k & 2k,TWO BRIDGES, Start of 1991, $6 & $3. 1991 FEB 17(Sun)RICHMOND AC "CUBITT CLASSIC 10M",Bartlett Res,BURNLEY,8.00am(Map45 B12). MAR 17(Sun)12km & 4km "FALLEN COMRADES", DOMAIN 8am(Map43 K10) $5 ($3M);4k-$2. APR 1(Mon)16km EASTER CHAMPIONSHIP,LATROBE UNI,9am(Map57 J3,CarPark 6) $6 ($4M); 3.1km Parent & Child Family Run 11.00am, $1 per head. 25(Thu)25km & 5km ALBERT PARK,9.00am(Map57 J3) $5 ($3M) BBQ & Playground,BYO. #MAY 19(Sun)VMC HALF-MARATHON TROPHY, BURNLEY 9am (Map45 B12) $10 ($6 Members) Mail entries close MAY 1. After May 1. LATE frKE $15 on day. JUN 9(Sun)"BIRTHDAY FUN RUNS" 12k/3k,BURNLEY 9am (Map45 B12) $6 ($4 Members)3k-$2. 15(Sat)VMC 50 MILES AUSTRALIAN TRACK CH’SHIP,BOX HILL.Early Entry! 288 9739. JUL 14(Sun)SFORTSCRAFT "QUEEN OF THE LAKE" WOMEN 10km,ALBERT PARK 9am. (Map57 J3) Mail entries close JUN 30. $8($6 Members) After JUN 30 LATE FKK $15 on day. *AUG ll(Sun)BEACH ROAD CHALLENGE 32k & 4k,BRIGHTON BATHS 8am(Map67 C10)$6($4M)4k-$2. Mail entries close JULY 28.$6($4 Members) After JUL 28 LATE $10 on day. *SEP 1(Sun)"RUNNERS WORLD" MARATHON & 10k,FISHERMENS BEND, 10am(Map56 H2) $12 ($8M) Mail Entries close MAY 10. After May 10 LATE FEE $20 on day. 10k - $4. OCT 30(Wed) 13km & 3km PRINCES PARK 6.30pm (Map29 G12) $4 ($2M); 3k - $2. NOV 27(Wed) 10km & 3km PRINCES PARK 6.30pm (Map29 G12) $4 ($2M); 3k - $2. DEC 9,10,11 BP EMIL ZATOPEK TROPHY 10,000m Track Series. 12(Thu) BP EMIL ZATOPEK TOOFHY SERIES FINAL NIGHT. Mail entries close NOVEMBER 18. Membership & Time Qualifications apply. 15(Sun) EMIL ZATOPEK OPEN 10km & 3km FUN RUNS, PRINCES PARK 9.00am DEC 31(Tue)"RUNNERS WORLD MIDNITE RUN" 8k & 2k,TWO BRIDGES, Start of 1992

NOTE: Use SPONSOR’S FORM if available where Early Entry indicated, or send Stamped Self Addressed Envelope with request for forms to above address. Ordinary Race Entries taken on Day, 45 mins prior to listed Starting Time! DO NOT MAIL WITHIN 10 days of RACE DATE, we cannot guarantee a reply in time ! !

Membership of the VMC means automatic receipt of the 3-monthly VMC Newsletter which contains Mail Entry forms in the early information pages. Results of VMC races are displayed on the notice board and appear in the Newsletter. Fixture information is updated in every issue of the Newsletter and other informa­ tion submitted by members, gleaned from other publications, dealing with coaching and training questions is regularly included. 0 %- VICTORIAN MARATHON CLUB MELBOURNE INC. cv 598 High St,E .KEW,3102,Tel:817 1033 TU,WE,TH 12-2 AUSTRALIA'S FIRST ROAD RUNNERS - Founded 19>46 Affiliated to Athletics Victoria TOE VICTORIAN MARATHON CLUB is a unique Road Runners organisation within the world of athletics. It is a club which caters for the newcomer to running, the experienced regular athlete, the young and the old, men and women, boys and girls. It represents a bridge as it were between the highly organised and the more casual approaches in competition, leaving it to the individual how much or how little pressure he/she likes to apply, without outside expectation or prejudice.

ACCENT WITHIN THE CLUB is on enjoyment of running through whatever participants see as their own particular pleasure, their own personal satisfaction. We do not place expectations on anyone beyond asking runners to take a turn at performing some of the minimum chores required such as runners’ course safety and guidance, giving final times and placings and refreshments when needed. THE CLUB PROGRAM is aimed at enabling runners to test and improve their fitness at varying distances and, where possible, cater for different stages of fitness by offering a choice between a long or a short race on each date. Anyone can join the VMC at any of our events; if they wish to just have a run without becoming members, they may do so at a $2 surcharge in the main race by entering up to 30 mins prior to starting time - EXCEPT FOR SPECIAL EVENTS as specified on our Fixture List. Basically, the VICTORIAN MARATHON CLUB aims to keep organisational and technical details to the minimum essential to conducting its events satisfactorily for all. We like to stick to our Club Motto "WITH A MINIMUM OF FUSS" ! We also aim to co-operate with all distance running organisations - local, regional and national.

MEMBERSHIP FEES are $15 per year (senior), $8 per year (Under 20), including insur­ ance and covering the CALENDAR YEAR (JAN 1 - DEC 31). Your membership fee entitles you to receive our quarterly NEWSLETTER, carrying results,events ahead, information, articles and comments from our own members and other sources. Post the completed MEMBERSHIP FORM (overleaf), together with correct fee, to the SECRETARY, V.M.C., 598 High St.,E.KEW 3102. ALL ENQUIRIES must be accompanied by S.S.A.E. (Stamped Self Addressed Envelope) of maximum standard size (235mm x 120mm) at minimum standard postage for return of reply and other information, to save office time. No S.S.A.E. - No Reply ! -----cut h e r e ------>------cut h e r e ------cut h e r e ------

Make out Cheque or M/O to VMC and post to 598 High St, E.KEW 3102. Include Stamped Self-Addressed Envelope (235x120mm) if you require a reply. No S.S.A.E. - NO REPLY !